Posts in Book Reviews
In Which I return from an unexpected holiday

What… even just happened there?

Did I just… turns around several times, looking perplexed… I could have sworn it was around here somewhere!

Hang on a sec.

Disappears into another room. Returns a few minutes later, even more confused.

Seriously. Where did it go? I KNOW it was July. I had it RIGHT HERE like THREE DAYS AGO!

Looks up and notices audience.

Oh. Heh heh. Hi there, dear Reader. Soooo…. I definitely didn’t mean to go on hiatus for all of July. I had some blog posts planned… I think they were even good ones! I’ll have to use them some other time, clearly.

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Madness Solver in Wonderland by E.E. Rawls: Book Review

My friend and fellow Silmaril Awards host, E.E. Rawls has released not one, but TWO new books!

You may remember seeing these around the interwebs a month ago when we got to share the gorgeous new covers. Well, the books themselves are here, and they are just so much fun!

Rawls is back with her characteristic whimsical style, this time taking us from Earth into Wonderland (and back and forth between the two) on an exciting romp with Madnes Hatter and his friends.

I was going to just give you a review of the first book, but upon reaching the end, I realized that these two volumes are really more like a single book, so I am going to give you my thoughts on both of them. Two reviews for the price of one!

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March Nightstand Books + February Adventures and Episodes

Alas! February has drawn to a close, and now a new month is upon us!

But it was an incredibly fun February is Fantasy Month event! I’m still catching up on READING blog posts, so if I haven’t swung by and commented, never fear, I’ll make it over soon. Thank you so much to everyone who participated, commented, posted, shared photos, and just generally made me feel like not-a-failure for everything being a little different this year.

In fact, I think laid-back worked way better than my frantic hectic posting-every-day, and we shall probably stick to this sort of schedule in the future!

Today, I’m combining my end of the month Adventures and Episodes post with the monthly Nightstand Books post, as we were on a quick and short family vacation over the final weekend of February.

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Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon Audio Book Review

If you've ever thought that Pride and Prejudice is ALMOST the perfect story, but what it really needs is dragons... then this is the book for you.

This was a delightful blend of a much-loved classic and well-thought-out fantastical elements that were woven into the story so seamlessly I almost forgot that Pride and Prejudice had ever been anything BUT a story about dragons.

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